#A16BE9#A16BE9

#A16BE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.185 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BE9
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 54.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 46.60, -56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 72.95, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0957 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.185 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6602, 23.9755, 79.8767)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BE9 #B3E96B

analogous

#6B74E9 #A16BE9 #E06BE9

triadic

#A16BE9 #E9A16B #6BE9A1

tetradic

#A16BE9 #E96B74 #B3E96B #6BE9E0

square

#A16BE9 #E96B74 #B3E96B #6BE9E0

split-complementary

#A16BE9 #E9E06B #74E96B

monochromatic

#611CBD #7F36E1 #A16BE9 #C3A0F1 #E5D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A16BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A16BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BE9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BE9	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A86ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9384A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.185 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c097f1',
    500: '#a16be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16be9;
$custom-light: #c097f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64077,
    "c": 0.18516,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BE9

secondary

#DBECC4

accent

#D60F81

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BE9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →